I'm sure almost everyone has heard about the girl who recently went missing from IU. It is so tragic to have someone just dissapear from a place that you deem as a safe. I know that it has shaken up the town because if it was a random act, it could have been anyone. I think that sometimes we take for granted how safe Bloomington can be and we become more reckless than we typically would. If there is anything that we can learn from this it is that we need to always look out for our friends and people we may not know but look like they could use the help. If you see someone walking alone we need to take the initiative to ask if there is anything that we can do to help them. I know I have been guilty of wandering around town when I probably shouldn't have been thinking something like that could never happen to me-not in Bloomington.
I have been following along with this case as closely as I can, scowering every news site and reading along with all of the Facebook posts. I can't help but feeling the way many others do-that something in this case just is not adding up. I hope for the sake of Laurens' family and friends that the police know much more than they are letting on and that someone, somewhere will come forward and alert the police as to where she is. After reading countless Facebook posts and resisting the urge to comment on them I decided to write this. I think it is important to talk about what has happened because it may lead to something and because it has been great to see not only the community, but the nation rally around finding this girl and helping her family.
On the same note, a lot of these posts have started to become rather negative. What happened to innocent until proven guilty? While I admit that some of the 'person of interests' acts have been suspicious, it is not up to us to decide whether or not they are the ones who have committed the crimes. The things people have been saying about these people have been harsh and somewhat uncalled for. I understand that people have their own opinions on what has happened, but until they are proven guilty or become actual 'suspects' you may want to think twice about what you say and think about if you or your child were on the other end of the situation.If your own son/daughter were involved in this would you want people labelling them a killer or conspiring against them? I just can't help but feel bad. Another thing that I think people should understand is that it is not uncommon to not see your roommate and not consider them a missing person. There are many times where I can go a day or two without seeing a girl that I live three steps away from because our schedules are so different or they are with their significant other or any other number of reasons.
Even if it ends up that these 'persons of interest' were involved, I strongly believe that it is unfair to accuse someone when you have no proof that they did anything. Remember- these are kids that go to this school. This is their home, and after this case is solved (which I have faith it will be) they have to live here. Whether they did it or not is not the point and I understand that people are hurting but I just can't play the blame game without facts. We have to have faith in both the police and in justice that she will be found and the right people will pay for it. Instead of pointing fingers we need to continue looking for factual evidence and let the police continue to do what they are doing.
Anyways, that is just my opinion and I would love to hear yours if you have one.
Amy
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